[Info] NCEAS Big Week for: Ocean Health Index, first "Our Ocean" Conference, and expanding marine santuaries

[LeeAnne French]

      Ocean Health Index Assesses West Coast of US -- Coastal protection
      and carbon storage diminished
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/ocean-health-index-assesses-west-coast-us-%E2%80%93-coastal-protection-and-carbon-storage-diminished>

June 18, 2014


      /*Loss of Dunes, Salt Marshes and Seagrasses Leaves West Coast
      More Vulnerable to Erosion and Reduces Natural Carbon Storage*/

Scientists from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and 
Synthesis (NCEAS) and Conservation International conducted the first 
regional assessment by the Ocean Health Index on United States Waters. 
This regional assessment studied 5 regions on the west coast of America: 
Southern, Central & Northern California, Oregon State and Washington 
State. Results from this study were published in the online journal PLOS 
ONE 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098995>. 
More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/ocean-health-index-assesses-west-coast-us-%E2%80%93-coastal-protection-and-carbon-storage-diminished>

                /
                In the same week as the launch of the Ocean Health
                Index//regional assessment for the west coast of the US,
                OHI lead scientist and NCEAS associate, Ben Halpern,
                spoke at the US State Department's first "Our Ocean"
                conference./ /On June 17, President Obama //announced
                <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-will-propose-vast-expansion-of-pacific-ocean-marine-sanctuary/2014/06/16/f8689972-f0c6-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html>//his
                intent to / /create the world's largest marine sanctuary
                and double the area of ocean globally that is fully
                protected./ /In 2003, Halpern authored a pivotal
                meta-analysis on the effectiveness of marine reserves/:
                *Halpern, B.S. 2003. The impact of marine reserves: do
                reserves work and does reserve size matter? Ecological
                Applications 13: S117-S137*. *[pdf]
                <http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/%7Ehalpern/pdf/Halpern_EA_2003.pdf>*



      NCEAS Associate Ben Halpern invited to speak at the US State
      Department "Our Ocean" Conference
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/nceas-associate-ben-halpern-invited-speak-us-state-department-our-ocean-conference>

June 16-17

The U.S. Department of State will host the first "Our Ocean" Conference 
<http://www.state.gov/ourocean> - focused on sustainable fisheries, 
marine pollution, and ocean acidification - on June 16-17, 2014, in 
Washington, D.C.. Secretary of State John Kerry has made ocean issues a 
top priority for the Department. Long-time NCEAS Associate and Professor 
of the Bren School, Ben Halpern, will be speak on the first day of the 
conference about Ocean Health Index <http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/> - 
an assessment designed to evaluate the economic, social, and ecological 
uses and benefits that people derive from the ocean. As the lead 
scientist for the Ocean Health Index, Halpern will join experts in the 
field to discuss the state of the science on marine issues, explore the 
challenges facing the oceans, and share the solutions that are being 
applied successfully. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/nceas-associate-ben-halpern-invited-speak-us-state-department-our-ocean-conference>




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LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
french at nceas.ucsb.edu 805-892-2529
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